Q regarding best practice with \relative

2015-11-01 Thread Michael Gerdau
Hello lilyponders, in (very?) recent versions of the manuals I've seen notations like \relative { c' d e f g a b c } while older editions and e.g. all the templates in frescobaldi use \relative c' { c d e f g a b c } Obviously both produce exactly the same result. Is there something like a "best

Re: Q regarding best practice with \relative

2015-11-01 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Gerdau writes: > Hello lilyponders, > > in (very?) recent versions of the manuals I've seen notations like > \relative { c' d e f g a b c } > while older editions and e.g. all the templates in frescobaldi use > \relative c' { c d e f g a b c } > > Obviously both produce exactly the same r

Re: Q regarding best practice with \relative

2015-11-01 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 01.11.2015 12:59, David Kastrup wrote: So there's not really a "best practice" but rather one that requires least choice-making for those not interested in making more choices than necessary. It’s also the one with the least superficial elements, in other words: least to type. Yours, Simo

Re: Q regarding best practice with \relative

2015-11-02 Thread Michael Gerdau
> > Is there something like a "best practice" w/r to the use of \relative? > > Or why does this difference exist ? [long and extensive explanation skipped] > So there's not really a "best practice" but rather one that requires > least choice-making for those not interested in making more choices